I love Aretha [Franklin] and I've loved her all my life. I think she's an incredible songstress, obviously. She consistently has had this incredible voice. I remember when she was singing gospel in her father's church.

Did you know that true love asks for nothing?

Change your words into truths and then change that truth into LOVE.

There are a lot of things happening that show us that this, right now, is a time to love.

My mother would cry about my blindness and the hopelessness of my ever seeing, but I told her I wasn't sad. I believed God had something for me to do.

A frowning face can't bring out the beauty that you are.

You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.